Man stabbed in Greendale after yelling profanities

A man went to the emergency room at 2:45 a.m. Oct. 30 after being stabbed in his back after drinking at a Greendale bar.

According to the Greendale police report, which was released this week:

An emergency room nurse at St. Luke's Hospital called police after the man came into the ER with a stab wound in his back.

The man said he was walking south along Basswood Street at Grange Avenue after drinking at Ray & Dot's Tap when a man he didn't know stabbed him in the back.

The victim had yelled profanities at the man before the attack. The victim had a two-centimeter puncture wound that required four stitches. The investigation into the assault was pending at the time of the report.

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